| 单词 | precession |
| 释义 | precession (once / 24320 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY precession: precessions+/precede: preceded, precedency, precedent, precedes, preceding, precession/precedence: precedences, precedential/precedency: precedencies/precedent: precedence, precedently, precedents USAGE EXAMPLESThis caused huge gyroscopic precession effects: the rotary-engined Sopwith Camel biplane could turn right with ease but struggled to turn left. BBC(May 16, 2016) But modern astrologers have forgotten about the precession of the equinoxes, which Ptolemy understood. Carl Sagan, Cosmos(1980) Exactly in alignment with the Earth’s axis, it demonstrates a phenomenon called precession, the slow cycle of change caused by the wobbling of the Earth. The Guardian(May 11, 2016) 1 n the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) 2Syn|Hyper precedence, precedency activity any specific behavior n the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone Hyper motion a state of change |
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